public class TestLifeCycleServlet extends HttpServlet {

  public TestLifeCycleServlet(){
    System.out.println("constructor");
  }
  @Override
  public void destroy() {
    System.out.println("destroy");
  }
  @Override
  public void init(ServletConfig config) throws ServletException {
    System.out.println("init");
  }
  @Override
  protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp)
      throws ServletException, IOException {
    System.out.println("doGet");
  }
  @Override
  protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp)
      throws ServletException, IOException {
    this.doGet(req, resp);
  }
}
 
<servlet>
    <servlet-name>testlife</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>
      com.dvnchina.test.TestLifeCycleServlet
    </servlet-class>
  </servlet>
  <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>testlife</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/testlife</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>
客户端浏览器访问三次这个urlhttp://127.0.0.1:8080/ServletTest/testlife然后关闭tomcat。后台输出为:
constructor
init
doGet
doGet
doGet
destroy
现在分析一下这个结果。
从例子可以看出servlet的生命周期为:             
实例化->初始化(init)->调用实例doGet方法->销毁(destroy)
并且我们访问了3servlet,而构造函数,init()方法,destroy()方法都只调用了一次,这说明只实例化了一次servletservle容器对于一个servlet只管理一个实例,每次客户端对这个servlet发送请求时,都是调用这个servlet的实例。
 
这里只是通过举一个例子来简单说明一下,具体分析请看我这篇文章:http://java999.blog.51cto.com/259217/163704